Whenever I read or heard a colorful word, I added it to my list. By 2001 I had about 200 such words. But thelist was burned up on 9/11 because I worked in 7 World Trade Center, a building that came down in the afternoon.

So I continued to compile the list. As of now, I have almost 1190 words, all gems

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